The verdicts recently handed down by the Cuban justice system against those who spontaneously protested during the July 2021 events are “disproportionate”, said the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, in a statement on Wednesday 30 March (see EUROPE B12772A7).
Some of the verdicts of the Cuban Supreme Court can carry sentences of up to 30 years imprisonment, even though some of those tried were minors at the time of the offence.
“Even though the right...